MACON COUNTY, GA - 1911 Misc Articles ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles The Butler Herald Tuesday, March 28, 1911 Page Four Newsy Items from Marshallville Farmers are all busy planting corn. A big protracted meeting is in progress here. The many friends of Mrs. Brurie Jones will be shocked to learn of her death which sad event occurred March 15th at her home in Marshallville. We extend sympathy to the bereaved ones. Mr. and Mrs. Wes Burns and Mr. and Mrs. John Perking spent a few hours at Mr. Curtis Rodgers' very pleasantly last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Perking have a very sick child we regret to note. Mrs. Malinda Rodgers has just returned home from a two weeks visit to her brother over at Miona Springs. Mr. Green Massie, Mrs. Lucy Frederick went out to Mr. Walter Whittington's to see their fine little daughter, Jennie Clara last Friday afternoon. Mr. Walter Hamilton has treated himself to a new auto. Come again A and O, we all like to read your items. Don't wait so long next time. Well, I reckon, we had better ring off. Adieu, Pretty Blue Eyes The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 9, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen It will be learned with deep regret that Prof. W.H. Beckham has declined to accept another appointment as principal of Oglethorpe High School. Next week the grand jury will elect a full board of County Commissioners. The past board has given excellent service. They have been confronted with many perplexing matters, but they have handled the county's affairs with wisdom. In a shooting scrape on Mr. Monroe Childs' place last Monday George McCrary, colored, killed another negro whose name we were unable to learn. McCrary was captured and is now in jail. Mr. J.N. Collier, who has been running the Oglethorpe Hotel for the past four months, has given it up and Mr. Hall, of Cordele, has assumed management of it. The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 16, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen The May term of Superior Court convened here last Monday morning and continued up until Thursday night, when adjourned for the term. As usual there was a large crowd present each day. Quite a number of prominent attorneys from surrounding cities were also here, and many important cases were disposed of. Mr. E.J. Kleckly, one of our most progressive farmers and stock raisers, received two large, fine Tammorth hogs this week from South Carolina. The hogs are as large now as a good size yearling and they are not grown. Mr. Kleckly is going to try to raise this breed. Miss Louise Ogburn, of Reynolds, is on a visit to Miss Lubelle Jolly - Marshallville correspondent A ten days' meeting will begin at the Methodist church at Montezuma Sunday. The pastor, Rev. T.G. Lang, will be ably assisted by Rev. Guyton Fisher and Rev. J.N. Peacock, of East Highland church, Columbus. A party of prominent Columbus citizens were here in their car Wednesday inspecting Macon County's roads and studying our methods of road building. Probably many of our citizens do not fully realize that Macon County has the best - the very best roads in the state, and with a possible exception, the best in the South. This fact is fast becoming known to the people of the surrounding counties, and all over the state. Wednesday a party of prominent citizens from Muscogee County came here for the purpose of inspecting our roads and studying our methods of road building. In the party were Messrs. Scarboro (Scarborough?) and Hardaway, County Commissioners, Mr. Posey and Road Supt., Mr. J.G. Jordan, president of the bank and several cotton mill companies in his county, and Messrs. Blackburn, Renfroe, Lumpkin and other two gentlemen, all from Muscogee County. These gentlemen were escorted over our roads by Mr. F.J. Frederick, A.H. Perry and Supt. Lane. They were very enthusiastic about our splendid highways and unanimously voted the work of Supt. Lane on our roads to be the best they ever saw. Mr. Jordan said he had traveled extensively in his automobile over the roads throughout the Northern and Southern states, and that our roads equaled any he ever saw. Every day such remarks as this are being made by noted good road enthusiasts. The eyes of the south are upon us. We are getting much valuable free advertising. Let the credit for this splendid state of affairs go to those who have earned it. The many friends of Dr. Jesse P. Jones, of Christ-Church, New Zealand, will be delighted to know that he, with his wife and two interesting children, are visiting his mother, Mrs. J.R. Williams. The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 23, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen In the grand jury presentments it will be seen that this body recommends that the Commissioners call an election to decide whether or not Macon County shall issue $150,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of increasing the roads and bridges of the county. That Macon County needs the money for this purpose cannot be disputed. That it will be the best move the county ever made is the honest opinion of the citizen. The farmers are the people who will be the most benefited by this move. When the farmer's condition is improved the whole country is benefited, for what would the country be worth without the farmers? We are heartily in favor of this bond issue. We hope it will get through. The election will probably be called and held at an early date. The Butler Herald Tuesday, May 30, 1911 Page Two Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen In the contests at the closing exercises of the Oglethorpe High School last Monday the following contestants were victorious: Miss Eloise Greer won the medal offered the entire school for general excellence, and also the first prize in music offered by Miss Irma Murray, the popular teacher of music in the school. Miss Imogene McBride took the second prize in music. Buford Gaines won the medal offered by Dr. Derrick in expression, and Idalene Shealey won the medal offered by Dr. Crumley in expression. The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 6, 1911 Page Four Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen Miona Springs Hotel open for the season from May to December under the new management. Dr. J.B. McGee was called to Elko Wednesday on account of the death of his sister, Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. J.H. Humphries is entertaining this week her sister, Miss Marie Barrow, of Reynolds, Miss Hallie Humphries, of Sylvania, Miss Annie May Bass, of Rome, and Miss Janie Barrow, of Reynolds. Mr. J.R. Humphries, the popular cashier of the Macon County Bank has treated himself to a beautiful new five passenger Chalmers- Detroit automobile. The car is certainly a dandy and Mr. Humphries is justly proud of his selection. The car was bought from the Americus agency. At the mass meeting at the courthouse last Friday night a petition was sent in to proper officials asking that the Oglethorpe High School be put on absolutely free basis. The Board of Education an the City Council are the bodies that will act on this matter, and it is practically an assured fact that the petition will go into effect. The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 6, 1911 Page Four Neighboring County Items Montezuma Record The oat crop is pretty good in this section the farmers say. Very little Western corn is being sold in Macon County this year, which is a mighty good thing for the country. It is reported that a party is in correspondence with the Secretary of Commerce about locating an ice factory in Montezuma. An ice factory would do a good business here. The local demand is very heavy and as a distributing point it is first class every way. The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 20, 1911 Page Four Neighboring County Items Montezuma Record T.A. Dixon, cashier of the First National Bank of this city, was elected third vice-president of the State Bankers Association at Savannah last week. The many friends of Mrs. E.S. Baldwin will be grieved to learn of her death which occurred last Friday. A number of Oglethorpe people accompanied the remains to Marshallville, where the interment took place on Saturday afternoon. Besides her husband, Major E.S. Baldwin, she leaves four daughters and two sons, Mrs. Carlton, of Plant City, Fla., Mrs. Chipley, of Bremen, Ga., Mrs. M.L. Shealy and Mrs. W.H. Gaines, both of Oglethorpe, C.T. and C.E. Baldwin, of Oglethorpe. Smallpox is raging in Garden Valley district - Delta correspondent The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Parks last week and left an interesting boy. - Delta correspondent Charlie Benns, of the Butler Herald, was in town with an automobile party last Sunday, but we failed to see him. The next time we go to Butler and hope it will be very soon, we intend to hunt him up, and treat him better than he did us. Had our time not been quite so limited and had known the number of your residence we certainly should have called as we expect you to do when you travel this way, Brother Christopher. We made diligent inquiry concerning you, however, and was very much gratified to learn that you were enjoying good health and a very liberal portion of success in business. The Butler Herald Tuesday, June 27, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Montezuma Record News is a scarce commodity in this town. Wish some of the boys would get up a dog fight just for a change. Hail destroyed over a thousand acres of corn, cotton and cantelopes in Worth County a few days ago. In the matter of issuing bond the rich man will furnish the money to build good roads for the poor man to ride over. A town with something doing in it all the time is not only getting advertising but cash. Take for instance the crowd in Ideal Monday. For cigars, soft drinks, etc., alone, considerable money was left there. Montezuma money was left there for lots. The sale of lots by the American Realty and Auction Co. and the free barbecue at Ideal Monday of this week was largely attended and enjoyed to the utmost by all present. The fifty lots were quickly disposed of, so it was a success in every way. The free lot was won by Col. Jule Felton, of Montezuma and Mr. A.E. Dran was fortunate in winning the $5 in gold. The Butler Herald Tuesday, July 4, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen Little Catherine Scoville*, age 19 months, child of Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Scovill*, died Wednesday at noon, after an illness lasting about seven weeks. A number of Oglethorpe fans attended the game Wednesday at Montezuma when the Montezuma team crossed bats with Marshallville. The score was 6 to 3 in favor of Marshallville. The many friends of Mr. E.L. Murray will regret to learn that he is still in bad health, and is confined to his room at present. *Transcribers note: the last name Scoville/Scovill, was spelled just as it appears in the notice. I'm not a researcher of this family and do not know the correct spelling of the last name. The Butler Herald Tuesday, July 18, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen Oglethorpe wants ten thousand bales of cotton this season. Last year she only got three thousand bales, but it was her own fault. There will be ten thousand bales made this year in Oglethorpe's territory, and it is up to Oglethorpe to have it marketed there. The first watermelons to be shipped from this place were loaded Tuesday by Mr. G.W. Green. The melons were all beauties, and we understand the price paid for them was $112 a car. Miss Mable Cannon, of Garden Valley, spent a few days here with Miss Gladys Hicks while in route to Macon where she goes to attend a house party given by Miss Lois Shealy at her home there. The Macon County Camp-meeting begins Saturday August 5th at 8 p.m. The Butler Herald Tuesday, July 25, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Montezuma Record The Sons of Veterans failed to show up Wednesday. Fred Adams says he is going to have a barbecue, and knows that will fetch 'em. A wild boar was killed at Murray's ferry in Dooly County recently. He was seven feet long and weighed four hundred pounds with tusks four and a half inches long. The Butler Herald Tuesday, July 25, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen Tax assessor L.P. Clark informs that there is a gain in taxable property this year of $112,000 in this county. This is a good record when it is taken in consideration that this county has not been on any boom and this is just a natural growth. Oglethorpe has been full of watermelon buyers this week and many a car sold here during the week. They brought a pretty good price as most of them were fine ones. Our farmers don't raise any other kind. The work of tearing down the old building where Dan Coogle will build his new stables began this week. Mr. Dunnaway, who occupied the building, will erect a building for his garage business on the lot near the colored brick church. The Butler Herald Tuesday, August 1, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Citizen Mr. Dave Cromer, of route 2 from this city, was here Wednesday and brought along a squash that weighed 21 pounds just as a sample of some of his farm products. During Camp meeting at the campgrounds from August 4th to 14th inclusive, all trains on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway will stop at the grounds and let passengers on or off. Mr. Frank Moon, of Carrollton, Ga., has been selected as cashier of the Macon County Bank to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J.R. Humphries which took place last week. The Butler Herald Tuesday, August 15, 1911 Page Three Neighboring County Items Macon County Items The cornerstone of the new St. Luke's Lutheran Church which is nearing completion, will be laid on Thursday August 17. The services will be conducted by the acting pastor, Rev. Chas. A. Phillips. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. T.W. Shealy of Springfield, Ga. and A.J. Bower, D.D. of the faculty of Newberry College, Newberry, S.C. Mr. Gordon Clark wears the championship belt in this county so far as we have heard as the grower of the tallest stalk of corn. He brought a stalk of corn to town Saturday evening that measuring to (word blurred) feet and 9 inches, and when some seem to think this was the largest stalk he had he went back and got one over 11 feet long. Mr. J.R. Humphries brought us this morning a sunflower that will probably take the prize in the entire state. The flower weighed five and a half pounds, and measured 14 inches in diameter and 15 inches in circumference. A pint and a half of seed was gathered from it, and at least one fifth of the seed had shed off. The stalk to flower was 9 ½ feet long and had to be cut down with an axe. Mr. Humphries raised the flower in his garden, and it received no work or attention whatsoever.